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A week later, on December 23, I began the Prayers of the People with these two original petitions:

God of comfort and consolation, as our nation continues to mourn the deaths of those killed in Newtown Connecticut; we continue to raise our lamentations to you. As we prepare to celebrate our savior’s birth, the very same savior who called to him children and said that only those like a child can enter his kingdom, help us keep the children of this nation safe from harm, and safe from the culture of violence that so permeates our nation.

May we address our national culture of gun violence, and agree on common sense gun safety that will both protect rights and protect life, safeguarding us all from fear, intimidation, and the proliferation of semi-automatic weapons and high capacity ammunition clips and magazines, so that we, and all your children, may live in peace.